Wednesday's schedule in shambles, like the economy

A number of flops littered the primetime lineup last night, and we're not even talking about President Bush's address on the economy at 9 p.m. "Knight Rider" is already out of gas - 7.7 million viewers tuned in, about half of the number that watched the TV movie last season. The stupid David Blaine special on ABC did similar numbers. "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "Gary Unmarried" couldn't even manage 7 million viewers apiece. "Lipstick Jungle" barely enticed 6 million viewers to watch. "'Til Death" scratched together 4.8 million viewers, and "Do Not Disturb" was untroubled with fans, with a mere 3.5 million tuning in.

(Jay Mohr asked me to drop his grandmother's name into today's interview with him in the paper, saying she reads the paper and seeing her name in it would "Melt her heart and mind." Alas, there was nowhere I could fit it in organically. So, hey, Helen Alice Spohr! If you're on the Internets, your grandson Jay says, "Hi, Gram!")

Successes included "Dancing with the Stars" (15.57 million), "Criminal Minds" (15.1 million, up 2.5 million from its premiere last season) and "CSI: NY" (15.5 million, also up, by 2.7 million).

Doing OK enough were "Bones" (9.6 million) and "America's Got Talent" (10.2 million).

The CW was The CW.